Cape Town claims the Travellers’ Choice Awards top spot

Cape Town has been named the best holiday destination in the world by US-based travel website TripAdvisor. The site released its Travellers’ Choice Awards for the year earlier this week and the Mother City managed to beat the likes of Sydney, Paris and Rio de Janiero to claim the top spot.

Here at Hummba, we’ve always considered Cape Town to be one of the top places to visit on your travels. We’ve got several intelligent audio guides on Cape Town, which give you information about the numerous attractions that the city has on offer.

Hummba’s Cape Town City Guide for example, gives you all the information you’ll need when visiting the Mother City. From Table Mountain to Camps Bay, to the beautiful Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens and everything in between, Hummba audio guides cover all the bases.

More than three million people passed through Cape Town’s famous V&A Waterfront over the recent December holidays, further cementing its position as the top tourist attraction in Africa. The Cape Winelands are also a favourite amongst visitors and Hummba has audio guides to several wine routes in the area.

Our intelligent audio guides use GPS technology to provide you with travel information relevant to your location, and are available on the iPhone and Android smartphones. We also provide offline maps, which mean you won’t be running up your data bill while you’re looking for the next exciting place to visit.

Congratulations to Cape Town from all of us here at Hummba on being selected the top destination in the TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards. For more information about Hummba, or to download free audio guides on Cape Town and some of the world’s other top destinations, visit www.hummba.com.

Visit the Cape Winelands this holiday season.

It’s no secret that South African wines are held in high regard all over the world. The majority of the country’s vineyards are however only found in the Western Cape Province. Grapes flourish in the region’s mild Mediterranean climate, and this can be seen by the fact that there are some 560 wineries in the Cape region. Wine tourism has become one of South Africa’s fastest-growing industries, and thousands of people visit the Cape’s numerous wine routes every year. The good news is that Hummba has free audio guides to some of the best.

There are several well known wine routes within the city of Cape Town, and the Constantia Wine Route is arguably one of the most popular. The route is classified as one of the city’s Big Six tourist destinations and features the oldest wine farm in the country, Groot Constantia. The Steenberg Wine Estate is also well worth a visit, as is the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens.

The Durbanville Wine Route is a favourite amongst visitors to Cape Town. The route sits just a short drive outside the city centre and is home to some of the best wineries in the Cape, including the Durbanville Hills, Bloemendal and Meerendal wine estates. The majestic Tygerberg Hills give visitors the ideal backdrop for a pleasant afternoon of wine tasting.

If you fancy going a bit further afield, then the Stellenbosch Wine Route is the perfect place for a day trip. About 45 minutes’ drive from Cape Town, the route is regarded as the birthplace of Pinotage wines. This is where one can find the famous Spier Wine Estate. Boasting the first five-star hotel in the country, Spier is one of the most luxurious tourist attractions in South Africa. Oude Libertas and the Delheim Wine Estate can also be found on this route.

A visit to the Franschoek Wine Route should also be included on the itinerary of every traveller to the Cape. A scenic drive along the Helshoogte Pass, with a visit to the Boschendal and La Motte wine estates, is the perfect way to spend any afternoon.

Hummba’s got free audio travel guides to all these wine routes and much more. You can download the guides directly onto your Android or iPhone. Check out these links for more information: Constantia, Durbanville, Stellenbosch, and Franschoek.

Wine and Dine with Hummba.com

It’s no big secret that the Cape winelands area, just outside of Cape Town is one of the most popular travel destinations in the whole of South Africa. So why not tackle this series of unforgettable wine routes in true style, with Hummba.com?

Here at Hummba.com, we all enjoy a good day out in the winelands, just a short drive out of the Mother City. So it’s quite fitting that our users have access to detailed audio guides, which will direct them to some of the best wine farms, restaurants and notable landmarks in this renowned part of the world. With the use of Hummba’s Guides, wine lovers can experience the famous Stellenbosch Wine Route, try the tasty reds on offer along the Paarl route and even visit the wineries in the Durbanville Hills. These informative travel guides will tell you everything you’ll need to know during a visit, to these incredibly scenic areas. If you’re after a specific winery or special type of wine, Hummba will be there with you every step of way. You’ll return home from the wineland’s with new found knowledge of wine making methods, Cape Dutch Architecture and the history of the most visited vineyards in the Cape.

There’s more, the French settlement of Franschhoek could easily be one of the best kept secrets in the Western Cape. This vibrant town’s old world charm and great hospitality has made the Franschhoek Wine Route Guide one of the best our site has to offer. The Constantia Wine Route may be situated in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town but that doesn’t stop it from being one of the best of the lot. With wineries that have been in existence for centuries, Constantia is certainly worth visiting and is another highlight on Hummba Guides.

There’s only so much that can be said about the impeccable sweeping vineyards which make up the landscape of the Western Cape region. You’ll have to see them first hand and with the help of Hummba, you could be enjoying great tasting wine and only the best home grown and international cuisine, in the shade of South Africa’s finest mountain ranges before you know it.